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IR Magazine Australia Awards 2005 to be Presented September 21, in Association with Computershare.


Sydney, Australia, Sept 15, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - Once again, Australia&s community of investor relations
Investor relations
The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 professionals will gather together at a black-tie evening affair on Wednesday, September 21 to learn who has earned the most plaudits from the investment community. The sixth annual IR Magazine Australia Awards is hosted by IR magazine in association with Computershare, the global leader in share registration, employee equity plans and other specialised financial advisory and communications services, and will take place at the Westin Sydney.

The awards are based on an annual independent survey of the investment community to identify those companies considered to be leading exponents of investor relations in the UK. The research, conducted for the fifth year by the Financial Research Company, also investigates contemporary developments affecting the IR profession.

Additionally, there will be an Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) conference in association with IR magazine during the day, prior to the evening awards ceremony. The conference will comprise plenary sessions, streamed breakout discussions and expert presentations on the most pressing issues and challenges facing today's IRO IRO - In Receipt Of
IRO - In Region Of
IRO - In Respect Of
IRO - Incident Response Operations (NRC)
IRO - Independent Review Officer/Office
IRO - Industrial Relations Office
IRO - Industrial Relations Ordinance (Pakistan)
IRO - Inland Revenue Ordinance
IRO - Instructor Rated Operator
IRO - Insulated Uranium Oxide
IRO - Interest Rate Option
IRO - Internal Replenishment Order (Inventory Control Application Systems)
IRO - Internal Review Office
.

The sixth annual awards for the Australian market is a much-anticipated event in the industry; last year's awards ceremony drew more than 200 IROs IROS - Improved Relief On Station
IROS - Increased Reliability of Operational System
IROS - Intelligent Robots and Systems (Conference)
IROS - Internet Radio Operating System (Rooftop)
, CFOs, CEOs and service providers. Among the 17 award categories are grand prix for best investor relations by an ASX ASX - Active Streaming XML
ASX - Asymptomatic
ASX - Australian Stock Exchange
ASX - Auxiliary Switch Exchange
ASX - Windows Media Player Playlist (file extension)
 100 company and non-ASX 100 company, best IR by a CEO or chairman at an ASX 100 company and non-ASX 100 company, best IRO at an ASX 100 company and non-ASX 100 company, and best applied corporate governance. A shortlist of companies in each award category is attached.

The awards are in association with Computershare, and co-sponsored by AAP MediaNet, ACN Newswire, Armstrong Miller+McLaren, Australian Stock Exchange, boardroomradio, Citibank, Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Orient Capital, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sky News Australia, Thomson STREAMX and World Television.

About IR magazine and the IR Magazine Awards

Published in New York and London by Cross-Border Publishing, IR magazine is the only global publication focused on the interface between companies and their investors. IR magazine has hosted annual awards ceremonies in the US, the UK, continental Europe and Canada since 1991, with a combined attendance of more than 6,000 investor relations professionals. For more information, go to www.irawards.com.

Awards shortlist, in company alphabetical order

Grand prix for best investor relations by an ASX 100 company

ANZ ANZ - Australia and New Zealand
ANZ - Air New Zealand (NZ national airline)
ANZ - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
 

BHP Billiton Billiton: see Belitung. 

BlueScope Steel

Stockland

Grand prix for best investor relations by a non-ASX 100 company

Coates Hire

David Jones

Macarthur Coal

SFE Corporation

SingTel

Smorgon Steel

Valad Property Group

Best investor relations officer at an ASX 100 company

Stephen Higgins - ANZ

John Knowles - BlueScope Steel

Sean O'Sullivan - St George Bank

Johanna Keating - Stockland

Best investor relations officer at a non-ASX 100 company

Helen Karlis - David Jones

Karen Mazor - Hutchison Telecoms

Robert Reis - Nufarm

Bruce Loveday - Smorgon Steel

Best investor relations by a CEO or chairman at an ASX 100 company

John McFarlane - ANZ

Chip Goodyear - BHP Billiton

Grant King - Origin Energy

Gail Kelly - St George Bank

Best investor relations by a CEO or chairman at a non-ASX 100 company

Bruce Phillips - AWE

Malcolm Jackman - Coates Hire

Mark McInnes - David Jones

Most progress in investor relations by an ASX 100 company

Brambles

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

CSL

Macquarie Macquarie, river, 590 mi (950 km) long, rising in the Blue Mts., E New South Wales, Australia, and flowing NW to the Darling River. It flows through an important sheep- and wheat-raising area. Bank

Most progress in investor relations by a non-ASX 100 company

Downer EDI

FKP FKP - Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Pounds (ISO currency code)
FKP - False Key Pulse (Bellcore)
 Property Group

SingTel

Smorgon Steel

United Group

Best communication of corporate performance & shareholder value creation

ANZ

BHP Billiton

Macquarie Bank

Rinker Group

Wesfarmers

Best investor relations for a new issue

Babcock & Brown

Tattersall's

Tishman Speyer

Best investment community meetings

ANZ

BHP Billiton

Macquarie Infrastructure Group

Wesfarmers

Best investor relations & communications during a takeover

BHP Billiton

GPTGroup

WMC Resources

Best applied corporate governance

BHP Billiton

Stockland

Wesfarmers

Westpac Banking Corporation

Best corporate literature

ANZ

BHP Billiton

Rio Tinto

Best use of technology for investor relations

BHP Billiton

Macquarie Infrastructure Group

Rio Tinto

Telstra

Best ongoing management of continuous disclosure to the investment community

ANZ

BHP Billiton

Rio Tinto

Woolworths

Best investor relations by a New Zealand company

Auckland International Airport

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Telecom New Zealand

Tower

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